Okay, so today, I sat down to watch some anime. And since I was interested in seeing Guilty Crown, I decided to watch the subbed version that was conveniently available on Funimation's official site. And I've gotten through the first 6 episodes before I had to get off the computer. So, let me review them.
Alright, so let's get started with the plot. It's a rather normal dystopian setup. In 2029, there was an outbreak of a virus that, if I recall correctly, came with a meteorite.(Yeah, really.) Either way, the whole thing was contained, but Japan lost it's independence. Either way, let us fastforward, to I think, a decade after that and a certain infamous event known as Lost Christmas in-universe. Shu was an average high schooler... 'til he met the lead singer of his favorite band... who is with anti-government organization that wants Japan to get it's independence back. (The best real-world parallel I can think of at the moment for this are the Revolutionaries who were against Loyalists during American Revolution.) Um... Let's get to the point, shall we? Shu has a certain ability that can help the Revolutionaries win the in-universe revolution. (Yeah, I know I ended up unintentionally making too many American history references in this summary. Sorry about that.) That's about it in a nutshell. Any more and I'm afraid I'll end up unintentionally giving away spoilers. So, yeah, if you want to know what happened next, feel free to watch the complete series on Funimation's site. (Sorry, but it's not available on their Youtube channel. Sigh...)
The music was alright, I guess. The opening and ending were written by Supercell, if I recall correctly. They wasn't too particularly annoying to me, but I didn't like them too much either. I did like the background music, that was written by Hiroyuki Sawano, though. It suited the atmosphere of the scene quite well, and that's what's important to me.
The animation was quite nice, as well. I didn't spot any obvious errors and at certain times it added a lot onto the impact of the scenes. But the art style was kinda generic. I've seen something similar to it before... But where? Oh, right. In quite a few series I've seen.
Either way, while the music and the visuals didn't really strike me as anything too special, I did like the plot. In fact, I think it was even better than Code Geass'. (Yikes. I hope no Code Geass fans are reading this, else they'll be the sixth fanbase I've offended. I'm really sorry to any C.G. fans who're reading this! And yeah, I do know what I'm talking about since I've made it to the second season.) Okay, so some people might not like that the plot that starts out like a plot of some dystopian novel. But I can assure you that it's quite interesting. In fact, while watching the first few episodes, I even ended up asking myself, "Are peace and order really worth the means used to achieve them?" and "Is independence really worth the means used to achieve it?" And mind you, those are the questions I never asked myself while reading dystopian novels like "Divergent" and "Legend". So, yep, the show must be thought provoking if I ended up asking myself those questions. And let's not forget the fact that a certain scene in episode 6 actually ended up making me cry. By the way, I rarely cry, much less while watching an anime. Or playing a videogame. (The instances when a moment in an anime or a videogame made me cry can be counted on one hand. Fine, maybe two.)
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